Evening Reading
by Steve Gibson, Feb 27, 2007 6:00pm PSTMaarten is a huge poker fan. I think he has a problem. Hope everyone enjoyed losing money on the stock market today!
- Dude, baby hacking - Fair Use and DMCA? - New Sony stuff - Think BitTorrent.com will work out? - We're ALL GONNA DIE :(Lastly, this is the hero parent of the night.
Daily Filter: Planetside 2, Deadlight
Weekend PC digital deals: strategy-o-rama
38 Studios, Harry Potter Kinect - Shacknews Daily: May 25, 2012
Minecraft for Xbox 360 dev working on 'Adventure' update
Demon's Souls servers extended again
http://www.warcraftmovies.com/stream.php?id=36513
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandaddy
http://www.last.fm/music/Grandaddy
They were an extremely underrated indie band from California. They put out 4 LPs. My favorite is probably "The Sophtware Slump", but all the albums are relatively good. I saw them live once and they put on a pretty good show. They broke up last year. I am surprised this band didn't make it big. Their songs are catchy as hell and the singer has a nice voice(not that it really matters at all). The reason given for breaking up was they just weren't making enough money. They refused to sign with a major label or play at Ticketmaster / Clear Channel sponsored venues.
Here are a few of their songs..
The Crystal Lake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEHwkWyWD0Q
Nature Anthem - this was played on a Honda Civic Commerical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BNPhf9rb90
Jed's Other Poem (Beautiful Ground) - This video is extremely cool. The entire thing was written in Applesoft II on a 1979 Apple ][+ with 48 of Ram. So Nerdy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gxe40xXQKko
Hewlett's Daughter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EtNtYEmmYk
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Chris Taylor of Gas Powered Games chats with us about Supreme Commander, his design philosophies, the state of the games industry, his opinions on Games for Windows, his Burt Reynolds impression, his pre-gaming days as a stand up comedian, microtransactions, and how he teamed up with Ron Gilbert to make Total Annihilation.
http://www.playedpodcast.com/2007-02-27/played-episode-21/
Enjoy the show!
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What. The. Fuck.
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I'm playing Live for Speed (seemed like the best way to get good use of my X360 wheel + wireless receiver before Forza2) and I'm doing the training course.
Most of the courses consist of pylons that you have to drive through (slalom, figure 8, circles, etc.) and you're penalized in seconds added to your time for hitting them. It can get pretty challenging actually with the faster cars.
The kicker is that even after you complete and pass an event you still have control of your car. So after you finish, if you don't remember to brake immediately or retain control of the car through the course it's like instant failure as you run over 15 cones.
I've lost like 3 events due to this. Fucking piece of shit design.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyt5PA4v0wc
Tila Nguyen is a pop singer now?
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/27/florida.abduction/index.html
When Clay was taken from the truck into the woods, he put the safety pin in his mouth, his stepfather said. Asked later by his parents why he did that, he said he "just thought it would be helpful," Kelle said.
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Have any of you seen this docu?
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/hiphop/index.htm
If not, I recommend it. It's an interesting look at why the content of popular rap has changed in the past decade - and what damage it's doing to the community that created it.
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Is there any freeware for either WinXP or OSX that does this? I wouldn't mind buying software if I had to, but I am only going to do this once for this one DVD so I would like to have something free.
aids
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since i bare know anything about using msoffice/openoffice etc proficiently and would have to invest time anyway i'm considering to spend it on LaTex because many of my friends used it at the university and never stopped hyping it.
there are shitloads of guides out there and ive got myself miktex to start with.
any recommendations? am i in for a world of pain with this?
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http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN2724062920070228
From that point of view the PS3 is the most successful console...
I feel sorry for all PS3 fans, but this comment is so hilarious it can't be ignored...
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He didn't mention the VO guy making out of context remarks though...
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Is anyone getting calls about offers of shopping sprees from visa/mastercard or selected to receive magazine subscriptions or shit like that? THey just started a few days ago, always unrecognizable numbers. Pretty deceptive too, I can imagine alot of older people being suckered into these things if they say this is Mastercard calling to give you a free shopping spree for being a valued customer, even when Im not even a mastercard holder >:(
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To anyone who missed Rainn Wilson hosting SNL this last weekend. Here is his monologue. Very funny stuff...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlN2EoPBFE0
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I decided I want to continue using Verizonand plan on signing a two year contract. I also have never owned a smartphone, but the idea seems appealing.
I basically want a Windows based phone. I want to beable to connect to WiFi where available, sync address book and emails to/from computer, and Put software on(???).
I wanted to keep it on the cheaper side. I guess I would be willing to go upto $200, but would like to keep it around $100, if that is even possible. Also, I am a Federal Employee, if a discount is offered.
What phone do I get? Thanks.
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http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/residentevilextinction.html
I DARE anyone to tell me this doesn't look great >:(
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eDbIA28ivo
This will very much be a non-filler episode, and start the usual crazy end-season rush to the finale.
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SSX Blur is coming out today.. who is picking it up! I'm grabbing my copy at lunch. Can't wait... been needing a new Wii title! :)
SSX Blur Peaks Trailer: http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/videos/ssxmountain_qthighwide.mov
My only concern in the game is doing gestures for uber tricks, dunno how well that will work out.
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http://www.dailytech.com/Costco+Changes+Return+Policy+to+Curb+Abuse/article6237.htm
http://www.dailytech.com/CompUSA+to+Close+Nearly+130+Stores/article6258.htm
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http://www.xboxyde.com/news_4049_en.html
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http://www.foreignoffice.com/projekts/movies/movie_com.htm
Those dog outfits are funny, but so very depressing. :(
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On to the sequel!
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Not so fast. Asp.net seems hellbent on not letting me do it. On a posback the viewstate overwrites any changes made on the client side. If I disable viewstate, then I just get an empty select back. WTF mate? Am I just being an idiot here and missing the obvious? Or can I not do this? Having to postback to move an item up in a listbox seems a bit, well, ridiculous.
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So, have you guys checked out the Battlefield: Bad Company teaser trailer yet? It should be out on the Live Marketplace about now.
There's also an online version here (the streaming version looks quite subpar though, I suggest you get the downloadable one): http://www.xboxyde.com/news_4049_en.html
Also, don't believe the shipping dates on Gamestop and the like, this puppy is not going to be out for a while. But it's coming alright. :)
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MEH.
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I have a stupid app I have to support that requires admin rights for each user. Instead of giving them rights to their own machines I setup a Terminal box for them to log into. I should have guessed this would happen but someone/s are going in and installing AIM, Google desktop, Yahoo toolbar.. etc. So my question is ...
Are program installs tracked in the Event Viewer? I am pretty sure it is but I can't find it. I am dying to know the user who is doing this.
TIA!
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